I’m starting to wonder if some big shot at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has a niece or nephew working in the editing department on Hockey Night in Canada or something, because those people are producing some pretty epic intro montages to each game of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals. I mean, I can understand going all out for a general “YAY PLAYOFF HOCKEY!” montage advertising the entire playoffs, or even one just for the Finals. But for every game? That just seems like overkill.

Cbc Stanley Cup Montage Maker

CBC always knocks it out of the park with their playoff video montages, and this year's edition was no different. They showed a fantastic, chill-inducing montage prior to Game 1 of the 2012 Stanley. It's the end of an era for Hockey Night in Canada after the Los Angeles Kings' Stanley Cup victory put a thrilling cap on the 2013-14 NHL season. The CBC's broadcast deal with the league is set. For many Canadians, the Los Angeles Kings' Stanley Cup win on Friday night was bittersweet, and not because it meant yet another American team hoisting the Cup. And the montage that closed CBC. CBC never fails to put together chill-inducing video montages for big events, and their pre-Game 1 package during Wednesday night's telecast of the Stanley Cup Final between the Boston Bruins and V.

Cbc Stanley Cup Montage Results

I’m not saying these montages aren’t good. They’re actually great—which is why they’re overkill. Do I want some kind of dramatic recap of the series when tuning in to Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals? Sure I do. But thirty or forty seconds will suffice. Hell, maybe even a whole minute.

Last night, however, HNIC gave Canadian hockey fans (and Americans living near the Canada-U.S. border) an epic three-minute intro set to the classic Neil Young rocker, “Hey Hey, My My.”

Cbc Stanley Cup Montage Cup

See what I mean? It’s very well done, but what the hell are these things going to look like if this series goes to seven games?

Cbc Stanley Cup Montage Set

I guess if they need the extra time, they can always set their Game 7 intro to the entire eight minutes of Led Zepplin’s, “Stairway to Heaven.”